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Levelling
of Great Britain
[1GL, 2GL Abstract]
[1GL, 2GL Transcription]
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[assume Great Britain unless specifed]
1700's1800's1900's2000's
Principal Triangulation (published in 1858)
1783  1853
First primary levelling (+)
1840  1860
original levelling - Ireland
1840  1850
Ireland
subsequent levelling - Ireland
  1890
Ireland
Second geodetic levelling - England & Wales (+)
1912  1921
EnglandWales
(World War One)
1914  1918
Measurement of the Ordnance Datum Newlyn
1915  1921
Relevelling of Greater London
1931  1934
Retriangulation of Great Britain (published 1967) (+)
1935  1962
Second geodetic levelling - Scotland
1936  1952
Scotland
(2nd World War)
1939  1945
Second geodetic levelling - East Anglia and Kent
1946  1951
Third geodetic levelling - England & Wales
1950  1968
EnglandWales
Third geodetic levelling - Scotland
1956  1968
Scotland
Cyclic relevelling - England & Wales
1956  1989
EnglandWales
Cyclic relevelling - Scotland
1959  1989
Scotland
Retriangulation - Ireland
1959  now
Ireland
Readjustment of the Triangulation
1962  67
Further Triangulation
  1970
GPS era
1989  now
GPS era
1989  now
[assume Great Britain unless specifed]
1700's1800's1900's2000's

Sources used on this page
[www.osni.gov.uk]
Ordnance Survay Maps a descriptive manual - J B Harley

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